Care homes - Page 5

smyler wrote on Thu Dec 8, 2022 10:18am:

Hello, my wife is a live in dementia Carer. 

She has many years of experience, is very personable and a great cook.

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 too!

One to one care means you get the best there is.

Companionship when you want it, good food the sort you want to eat, all chores included including shopping and cleaning and trips out with all of this from your own home.

She is called Christine. She won Carer of the year when she worked for a large Uk care company from over 200 entries.

This is a route you may wish to consider rather than a nursing home.

Please ask for more details or a meeting if you would like to find out more.

razors03 wrote on Wed Dec 7, 2022 2:31pm:

Hi 

Thats no problem.

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I read a report  and also a couple of friends suggested that heat and sauna 20 mins a day helps with blood flow to the Brain.

I can not confirm this is fact but my friends are very much into health and fitness and is with researching.

Tim.

Jazzman1 wrote on Thu Dec 8, 2022 1:37pm:

Keeping the brain active is also a must do. My late Mum had pre senile dementia followed by Alzheimers when it was discovered and stopped reading and doing crosswords which may have helped stimulate her brain. Lots of quizzes on TV nowadays which also may help. The new drug they talk about may he...

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...lp but we think it was the drugs prescribed to my Mum in the 50's that were partly to blame for her condition. I met a Man in the 80's who wrote for the BMJ about drugs and their effects and showed him a list of the stuff my Mum had been taking for 30 years and just shook his head in disbelief at the number of them that should never have been taken with some of the others on the list..... All the best ....

Jazzman1 wrote on Thu Dec 8, 2022 1:37pm:

Keeping the brain active is also a must do. My late Mum had pre senile dementia followed by Alzheimers when it was discovered and stopped reading and doing crosswords which may have helped stimulate her brain. Lots of quizzes on TV nowadays which also may help. The new drug they talk about may he...

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...lp but we think it was the drugs prescribed to my Mum in the 50's that were partly to blame for her condition. I met a Man in the 80's who wrote for the BMJ about drugs and their effects and showed him a list of the stuff my Mum had been taking for 30 years and just shook his head in disbelief at the number of them that should never have been taken with some of the others on the list..... All the best ....

Akelly1962 wrote on Thu Dec 8, 2022 1:42pm:

Oh really that's interesting. They say and acid meds n BP meds can cause it. Both of  which I'm on 30 years for barretts etc. Cure one thing n affect another 

Jazzman1 wrote on Thu Dec 8, 2022 3:12pm:

It was all new back then where drugs were believed to cure everything and possibly / probably not tested enough before being prescribed. I think Thalidomide made things change. I did go to Belmont Hospital in Surrey to see my Mums trick cyclist and I'm not sure that she was the full shilling eith...

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...er in hindsight, tragic waste of a very bright woman Mum was too..... 

Stephanie86 wrote on Thu Dec 8, 2022 3:47pm:

My father at one time, a very very long time ago, was Head of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing at one of the older companies. Pharmaceuticals were always tested before use, it used to take about twenty years from idea to general prescribing. They were all tested to the highest standards possible with...

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... the contemporary technology. Yes, Thalidomide was an unspeakable disaster and a wake up call, but that did not mean that we should not be grateful for many other drugs. My father used to say that in his experience, many people who ended up taking too many drugs were in effect victims of overworked GPs, whose receptionists simply wrote out prescriptions comprising everything the patient had ever taken , the pile of scrips was put in front of the GP and they signed them.

This practice has stopped to a great extent now.

Akelly1962 wrote on Fri Dec 2, 2022 8:28am:

Thank you all for all the responses. We have spent time in spsin in all seasons and yes July n August can be tough.  each time we are there I am a completely different person endorphins are buzzing. We made many friends in a short space of time.  We don't have that here. Staying here wi...

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...ll speed up everything I know that. My hubbie is my rock wherever I am.. luckily I have a good pension at the moment which would cover   care home costs if needed. My doc etc feels we should go for it as ee won't know how long this could take  could last 10 or 20 years before developing any further abd the lifestyle would help to prolong it.  Something else could kill me first. Worst case scenario we move back. We already own our home on spain and would have proceeds from sale here for back up.  Yes it's a risk I am aware of that but as I'm only 61 and have as my hubbie says 40 happy years together already. He feels if we have 10 more good ones thsts good enough. I just fear for him and want to knkw he can get support. 

Kay B wrote on Fri Dec 9, 2022 1:52pm:

Best wishes for your next adventure and complete all the research that will assist you with your health issues.  Life is for living and the sunshine will definitely help so YES take that huge step and enjoy